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It looks as if we have sold our boat. The last four years have been challenging in various ways and the use and welfare of the boat came a long way down the list, with the result that she'd become a bit neglected. In the circumstances, we got a fair price and the new owner got a good deal. I...

Just downloaded the January edition. Now let me say immediately that I greatly admire it as a publication and look forward to its appearance every month; this month is no exception. But..... There's a very interesting article about someone in the Channel Islands, who has converted an elderly...

Just back from a day at the show and a very agreeable evening with a group of East Coasters including Mr & Mrs FullCircle, Mr & Mrs Saguday and their charming sons, and Mrs and Mr Chatting Lil inter alia. Really nice to renew auld acquaintances and make some new ones; YBW is never better than...

All know is that (a) it's a small place on the Croatian Island of Krk, (b) that it has a large marina and (c) that we're staying there for a week in August. Anybody on here with local knowledge about places to visit/eat/avoid? Also, is it possible to hire a small boat of any kind to explore a...

I guess quite a few of you are setting off tonight or tomorrow morning. Fair winds (well - any wind, frankly :)) and hope to see you all on Saturday. Not sure when we will arrive at Chantereyne but I'm guessing it will be round about the time that some early risers are poking their heads out...

Went down to the boat today to check that all was well. For various reasons I can't get down there much at the moment, but I like to check whenever I can. On a whim, and before starting up the engine, I raised the outdrive leg. It's not something that I do routinely but something made me do it...

My holding tank is starting to bulge alarmingly. Is it time for me to empty it?

Has anyone on here had a tonneau cover made for a small (about 22 ft) Mobo over the past 18 months? I've just started looking for quotes and I'm a bit suprised at what I've been told so far. Admittedly it was only a sample of one, and over the phone at that, but I was quoted in the region of...

I've been invited to attend this, on 21st March. I think the fact that I'm a member of the local Chamber of Commerce has deluded them into thinking that I am a multi-millionaire entrepreneur who spends a fortune on corporate entertaining, rather than a one-man business with a skeletal order...

Nautorious' post, about what will happen to elderly superyachts, got me having a quick look for pictures of houseboats in Shoreham. Inter Alia, I found pictures of Verda, which is owned by an artist, I gather. Not sure whether she's meant to be one of his works of art, or his home...

Should take about 20 seconds for this to be ID'd Here's another pic, round to the right a bit. One of the yachts in the background is called Swedish Maid and I've a feeling she belongs to a Forumite. As I didn't have a paparazzo-style camera and lense, it's not visible on this pic, but I...

I have just had the pleasure of spending a weekend in the Isles of Scilly, courtesy of jimi (boat owner and sole licensee) and ParaHandy (catering consultant and resident expert engineer). What a fabulous place it is. In my usual style, I nearly loused things up by changing the arrangements a...

..... to go sailing in the West Country with a couple of esteemed forumites this weekend. They are excellent chaps, and they both hail from the northernmost parts of our beautiful Isles, although, like Granny's breasts, they made the long journey south, many years ago. This is all spiffing...

Ferretti do...... (Apologies: Although I can access this article via an RSS feed, you don't seem to be able to get it via the url. In essence, what it's saying is that Ferretti are increasing their workforce in Brazil in order to service an antipated growth in sales there, and to make up for...

What's the best way to cook a diminutive Scotsman, given to boasting about himself?

We're staying ashore in Salcombe this summer, for the first time in ten years or more. I'm planning to take our inflatable with us (Bombard AX3, 2.3 metres -ish) and outboard, so that we can pootle around the harbour, over to Mill Bay/East Portlemouth and even, if we're feeling really...

I'll be in Town next Monday, 18th April. Short notice, I know, but if anyone fancies a pint, I'm planning to be at the Prince of Wales at about 6.00 pm. Anybody welcome, even if you've been rude to me :p :D The POW is in Covent Garden on the corner of Drury Lane and Longacre, next door to the...

I've noticed, recently, that the M27 Eastbound Services at Rownhams is being used to store mobos in transit. It seems to have ramped up from an occasional boat being left there on a trailer for a few days to the current state of play where, as of yesterday, there was a largeish...

Hope all goes well with the new job, Neil. Break a leg (or melt a motherboard, or whatever it is you techies do :)) J

Behold the Meridian Yachts 541 Sedan: Someone must love it, I suppose..... :)